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4MA1/1F Jun 2023, Question 2: Reading Data and Drawing Fair Conclusions

Pearson Edexcel International GCSE Mathematics A 4MA1 · Paper 1F (Foundation) · Calculator · 4 marks

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Use a table of five languages and their first-language speaker counts in millions to compare, subtract, scale and write a number in words.

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Part (a) · 1 mark

Identify which of the five listed languages has the largest number of first-language speakers.

  1. 1Compare the numbers: 480, 13, 918, 75, 128
  2. 2The largest number is 918
  3. 3918 corresponds to Mandarin Chinese

AnswerMandarin Chinese

Part (b) · 1 mark

Find how many more millions speak Japanese than Greek as a first language.

  1. 1Number of people who speak Japanese: 128
  2. 2Number of people who speak Greek: 13
  3. 3128 − 13 = 115

Answer115

Part (c) · 1 mark

Given Tamil speakers are 1/4 of Bengali speakers, work out the Bengali first-language speaker count in millions.

  1. 1Number of people who speak Tamil: 75
  2. 2This is 1/4 of the number who speak Bengali
  3. 3So, number who speak Bengali = 75 × 4 = 300

Answer300

Part (d) · 1 mark

Write the number 861 700 in words.

  1. 1Write 861 700 in words
  2. 2861 700 = Eight hundred and sixty one thousand, seven hundred

AnswerEight hundred and sixty one thousand, seven hundred

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